Empowerment Council

The Empowerment Council (EC) is a patient-advocacy organization working  to empower the collective voice of service users of the mental health and addiction systems. The EC is a leader in enacting systemic change for mental health and addiction survivors and clients primarily in the GTA. We are a service user organization that is funded by CAMH but takes its direction entirely from service users. The EC has two types of members: service users who are voting members and allies who are non-voting members.

The EC has represented clients on multiple CAMH Committees, organized numerous consultations and focus groups, reviewed CAMH policies and provided client perspectives. We’ve worked with community and academic partners and sought justice through inquests and addressing legislative and senate committees.